A Proposed Superhighway Could Let You Road Trip to Russia

No, it's not the bridge to nowhere. It's the bridge to somewhere. And that somewhere is awesome.

Picture yourself riding shotgun as Vladimir Putin pushes the '49 Hudson across a long stretch of highway, Pussy Riot cranked on the car radio, you and Vlad and Old Bull Lee stopping only for an occasional bowl of Borscht or Klotski in the dark hours of the mad North Country night. "Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road," you wistfully scribble in your state-issued journal.

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As reported by CNN, Russian Railways has proposed the construction of a Trans-Siberian superhighway that would stretch across the entirety of Russia and terminate in Nome, Alaska. The hypothetical road would be built adjacent to the existing Trans-Siberian railway and would require the construction of a bridge or tunnel connecting eastern Russia and western Alaska, the shortest distance of which is 55 miles. As CNN notes, Nome is a cool 520 miles away from Fairbanks, which links Alaska to Canada and the lower 48 states.

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The project, currently called the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development, would cost "trillions of dollars." But it would all be worth it when you finally reach Frisco and pull into that first In-N-Out.